Season 1
Grace Douglas joins us at Democracy Discussions to discuss how human rights activists can better market their message across culture. She also touches on the urgent need to get youth involved. Contact Grace at 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲@𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮.𝗰𝗼 and listen to her podcast at GoalGetHer
Katie Defonzo, an expert in library science and archival work joins Emily Hausheer to discuss the ways archival work and democracy work together Check out these citizen resources https://crowd.loc.gov/ https://www.archives.gov/citizen-archivist/missions
Special guest from Hungary Monica Mercz joins Democracy Discussions to offer an optimistic view of Ai innovation but the need to balance it with community. Based on her research at George Mason University
John Suarez from the Center for a Free Cuba joins us to discuss political prisoners and the reality in Cuba Check out his foundation here https://cubacenter.org/
International Coordinator of Voluntad Popular in the US Luis Ramirez joins Democracy Discussions to provide a new angle of Venezuela
Cold War and World War II analogies are often not helping us defeat the Alliance of Autocracy. Maybe that's because we need to go back further.
Political violence is increasing at an alarming rate- from Ecuador,, Colombia, and the United States we need to break the cycle
Foreign policy impacts your life, you can turn away but dictators are not.
There are more political prisoners now than at any point in history, we need to free them all. Political Prisoner Handbook: https://worldlibertycongress.org/handbook/ The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention https://perseus-strategies.com/wp-content/uploads/Jared-Genser-The-UN-Working-Group-on-Arbitrary-Detention-Cambridge-University-Press-2019-1.pdf
From timeless classics to pressing new releases, there are some great books for prepping yourself to better understand today's foreign policy situation.